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gearing up to make theirngs as quake he nhk world's tomoko kamata reports. >>on simulated what ha 2,000 buildings acr. after a f shaken for three entire ceiling fell down. you see the quake damaged the ccess hanged bents and tokyo destruction company be examining resistance of the ceilings. previous method of ceiling jolts as strong as the mar suspended ceilings are common int ke as did those of many large structures in the countrpoint out the dangers of conger if the earthquake was under way. kajima corporati many jap companies that are developing reinforcement measures for engineersd the suspension ceilingional boltsport beams. in tests wurvived shocks tests.ke nly available.ce damage without developing new.orter: officials at the land ministry are working on ea resisut there's no a look to see l on your head in the tomoko kamata, nhk worlyear's quake east japan, suffered grea due to liquefaction, the sof soil. this p idential areas built onlandfilloutside of toky encoume up wit make they build theirill liquefy. ayasu city set a testing for nine companies
gearing up to make theirngs as quake he nhk world's tomoko kamata reports. >>on simulated what ha 2,000 buildings acr. after a f shaken for three entire ceiling fell down. you see the quake damaged the ccess hanged bents and tokyo destruction company be examining resistance of the ceilings. previous method of ceiling jolts as strong as the mar suspended ceilings are common int ke as did those of many large structures in the countrpoint out the dangers of conger if the earthquake was under...
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tomoko kamata, nhk world. >>> when last year's quake hit east japan, many houses suffered great damage due to liquefaction, the softening of soil. this problem was especially serious in residential areas built on landfill such as urayasu just outside of tokyo. the city is encouraging construction companies to come up with new approaches to make sure the land they build their houses on will not liquefy. >> recently, urayasu city set aside some land as a testing site for nine companies to come up with affordable ways to prevent liquefaction. one large construction company developed a method using logs. they are embedded into the ground vertically. this is how they work. liquefaction generally occurs in sandy soil that's become water-logged. usually sand forms tight clumps but when it's shaken, the grains separate. pounding the logs into the ground increases the pressure on the surrounding soil. embedding many logs into the ground makes that area firmer. tests indicate the logs make the soil hard enough to prevent liquefaction when shaken. even in water-logged soil the logs resist decay.
tomoko kamata, nhk world. >>> when last year's quake hit east japan, many houses suffered great damage due to liquefaction, the softening of soil. this problem was especially serious in residential areas built on landfill such as urayasu just outside of tokyo. the city is encouraging construction companies to come up with new approaches to make sure the land they build their houses on will not liquefy. >> recently, urayasu city set aside some land as a testing site for nine...
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tomoko. what about tomoko i asked? matzu gathered the food and wrapped it up. i followed you and the others down to the beach yesterday morning. i wondered if you might find your way to peace. i couldn't, i began to cry, turning away in shame. matzu lned over and smelled a sweat, it takes greater courage to live. [applause] >> i'm going to throw it open now to questions. so you might direct me as to what you might want to know about. as we are taping this with sfgov tv i will ask you to ask your question into the microphone so they can pick it up. and you, too will be on tv. now nobody wants to. i will ask a requequestion, wha you working on now? >> does that sound planted? it wasn't. i just finished a monster of a book it's a huge book, set in japan and covers the earth from 1939 and 1966 about 2 brothers and the title is a street of a thousand blossoms. if you haven't noticed we are talking about themes that run through my book. one of the things i like a lot is exploring subcultures. the lepercy. the silk working women. i like to write about groups of people
tomoko. what about tomoko i asked? matzu gathered the food and wrapped it up. i followed you and the others down to the beach yesterday morning. i wondered if you might find your way to peace. i couldn't, i began to cry, turning away in shame. matzu lned over and smelled a sweat, it takes greater courage to live. [applause] >> i'm going to throw it open now to questions. so you might direct me as to what you might want to know about. as we are taping this with sfgov tv i will ask you to...
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tomoko kamata, nhk world. >>> when last year's massive earthquake hit east japan, many houses suffered damage due to liquid faction. the softening of soil. this problem was especially serious in residential areas built on land fills in the prefecture. the city is encouraging construction come pans to come up with they are coming up with new approaches to make sure land they build the houses will not liquify. >> a testing site for companies to come up with ways to prevent it. one large construction company use aid method using logs. the logs of cedar or cypress are inverted into the ground vertically. this is how they work. it generally occurs in sandy soil that is water logged. usually sand forms tight clumps. when it is shaken, the grain separates. pounding the logs into the ground increases the pressure on surrounding soil. embedding many logs in the ground makes that area firmer. tests indicate the logs make the soil hard enough to prevent liquefaction. when shaken. even in water-logged soil, the water resists decay. the company says costs can be kept down by using tree fittings fro
tomoko kamata, nhk world. >>> when last year's massive earthquake hit east japan, many houses suffered damage due to liquid faction. the softening of soil. this problem was especially serious in residential areas built on land fills in the prefecture. the city is encouraging construction come pans to come up with they are coming up with new approaches to make sure land they build the houses will not liquify. >> a testing site for companies to come up with ways to prevent it. one...